A privileged
girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only
more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.

A remake of the 80’s film based on the
novel that doesn’t resemble either in any way. A movie like this becomes
laughable all too easily, with a cast and director who have no understanding of
one another.

A French woman requests
a divorce from her estranged Iranian husband so she can marry someone else.

Farhadi presents another polygon of dishonesty but this
time goes for melodrama instead of poeticism. His fluidity from shot to shot
shows an excellent thoughtfulness at work, more so than a master storyteller.